It looks like it’ll be a few months before we get any compelling PS3 exclusives as more games jump ship to the 360

The PS3 is going to be hurting for new, exclusive content until March '07

The low initial numbers of PS3s shipped around the world may hurt the system more than Sony is letting on—two PS3 exclusives have since moved to the 360. Fatal Inertia and Bladestorm: The Hundred Years War will also be released on Microsoft's console. If you look at the release list for the PS3 you'll also notice a long, dry patch of games from now until a few months into 2007. If you've already bought a PS3, there isn't that much to look forward to outside of ports.

From a developer and publisher's point of view this makes perfect sense; there may be as few as 200,000 PS3 systems in the US. The situation in Japan is even worse, with no more than 80,000 units installed there. There is no firm news saying how many more systems Sony plans to release in the near future, which means there simply isn't a lot of money to be made by releasing your games on Sony's hardware.

The good news is that when supply loosens up and customers will be able to walk into stores and buy a unit, they should have some great games to pick up with it. The bad news is existing customers aren't going to be enjoying anything new that takes advantage of the hardware for quite a while. Sometimes it just doesn't pay to be an early adopter.